John C. Hirsh is Professor of English at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. His previous publications include "The Boundaries of Faith: The Development and Transmission of Medieval Spirituality" (1996), "The Revelations of Margery Kempe: Paramystical Practices in Late Medieval England" (1989) and "Hope Emily Allen: Medieval Scholarship and Feminism" (1988). He has also edited 'Barlam and Iosaphat' (1986) for the Early English Text Society.